Alex Garland Biography

Awards

• 2004Saturn Award-Best Writing: nominated
• 2004Chlotrudis Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2004Chainsaw Award-Best Screenplay: winner
• 2004Hugo-Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form: nominated
• 2007Scream Award-Best Scream-Play: nominated
• 2010British Independent Film Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2010PFCS Award-Best Screenplay - Adaptation: nominated
• 2011Saturn Award-Best Writing: nominated
• 2011Evening Standard British Film Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2015Silver Scream Award-: winner
• 2015AFCA Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2015ACCA-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2015BSFC Award-Best New Filmmaker: winner
• 2015British Independent Film Award-Best Director: winner
• 2015British Independent Film Award-Best Screenplay: winner
• 2015British Screenwriters' Award-Best British Feature Film Writing: nominated
• 2015Audience Award-Best Narrative Feature: winner
• 2015CFCA Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2015CFCA Award-Most Promising Filmmaker: winner
• 2015European Film Award-European Screenwriter: nominated
• 2015FFCC Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2015Golden Schmoes-Best Screenplay of the Year: nominated
• 2015Jury Prize-: winner
• 2015Silver Scream-Audience award: winner
• 2015ICP Award-Best First Feature: nominated
• 2015ICP Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2015Halfway Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2015Halfway Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2015KCFCC Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2015KCFCC Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2015Sierra Award-Breakout Filmmaker of the Year: winner
• 2015NYFCO Award-Best Debut as Director: winner
• 2015OFCS Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2015PCC Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2015PCC Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2015PFCS Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2015Rondo Statuette-Best Movie: nominated
• 2015SDFCS Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2015SFFCC Award-Best Screenplay, Original: nominated
• 2015Screenplay Competition-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2015SLFCA Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2015TFCA Award-Best First Feature: winner
• 2015VVFP Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2015WAFCA Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2015WAFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2016AACTA International Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2016Oscar-Best Writing, Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2016Saturn Award-Best Writing: nominated
• 2016Saturn Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2016EDA Award-Best Writing, Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2016BAFTA Film Award-Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer: nominated
• 2016BAFTA Film Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2016Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film-: nominated
• 2016Golden Eagle-Narrative Content: Feature - Live Action: winner
• 2016COFCA Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2016CinEuphoria-Best Film - International Competition: nominated
• 2016CinEuphoria-Top Ten of the Year - Audience Award: winner
• 2016Critics Choice Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2016DFCS Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2016DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Feature Film: winner
• 2016GAFCA Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2016Breakthrough Award-: nominated
• 2016Gold Derby Film Award-Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2016Hugo-Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form: nominated
• 2016INOCA-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2016ALFS Award-Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker of the Year: nominated
• 2016NCFCA Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2016OFCC Award-Best First Film: winner
• 2016OFTA Film Award-Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: nominated
• 2016OFTA Film Award-Best Feature Debut: winner
• 2016Directors to Watch-: winner
• 2016Bradbury Award-Outstanding Dramatic Presentation: nominated
• 2016Seattle Film Critics Award-Best Screenplay, Original: winner
• 2016Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2017Bodil-Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke-amerikanske film): nominated
• 2018Bram Stoker Award-Screenplay: nominated
• 2018Fright Meter Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2018HCA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
• 2018HCA Award-Best Male Director: nominated
• 2018IFJA Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2018Halfway Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
• 2019CinEuphoria-Best Screenplay - International Competition: nominated
• 2019Hugo-Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form: nominated
• 2022Bram Stoker Award-Screenplay: nominated
• 2022SACD Prize-Directors' Fortnight: nominated
• 2022IFJA Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2022IFJA Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2022Silver Méliès Award-Best European Fantastic Feature Film: winner
• 2022Narcisse Award-Best Film: nominated
• 2023Golden Scythe-Best Director: nominated
• 2024Astra Midseason Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2024Astra Midseason Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2024Hochi Film Award-Best Foreign Film: winner
• 2024IFJA Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2024IFJA Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2024Main Prize-International Feature Film Competition: nominated
• 2024Audience Award-Headliners: nominated
• 2025Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema-: nominated
• 2025HFCS Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2025IFJA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
• 2025KCFCC Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2025WGA Award (Screen)-Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2026BAFTA Film Award-Outstanding British Film of the Year: nominated
• 2026Windie-Best Studio Film: nominated
• 2026Windie-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated